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Bahumut 10-25-07, 07:53 AM	Trollkin Size/Type: Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Trollkin) Hit Dice: 1d8+1 (5 hp) Initiative: +0 Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares) Armor Class: 14 (+2 natural, +2 leather armor), touch 10, flat-footed 14 Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+2 Attack: Claw +2 melee (1d4+1/x2) or Greataxe +2 melee (1d12+1/19-20) or longbow +1 ranged (1d8/×3) Full Attack: 2 Claws +2 melee (1d4+1/x2) or Greataxe +2 melee (1d12+1/19-20) or longbow +1 ranged (1d8/×3) Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft. Special Attacks: — Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., Monstrous Recovery, Giant Blood Saves: Fort +3, Ref +0, Will +0 Abilities: Str 13, Dex 10, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 8 Skills: Listen +2, Spot +2 Feats: Power Attack Environment: Warm Plains and Jungles Organization: Solitary, pair, hunting party (2-5), band (10-100 plus 50% noncombatants plus 1 3rd-level sergeant per 20 adults and 1 leader of 4th-6th level), or tribe (20-200 plus 1 3rd-level sergeant per 20 adults, 1 or 2 lieutenants of 4th or 5th level, 1 leader of 6th-8th level) Challenge Rating: 1 Treasure: Standard Alignment: Usually chaotic neutral Advancement: By character class Level Adjustment: +1 Trollkin are the descendants of an ancient empire of halfbreed trolls. Most tribes of trollkin are very territorial, raiding settlements and claiming the land for their own. A few tribes, however, struggle to overcome the savagery of their ancestors. All trollkin are excellent hunters, and make much of their clothing and jewelry from bone and hide. Trollkin males are usually 6 to 7 feet tall and weigh around 200 pounds, with females being slightly smaller. Trollkin speak Common and Giant. The smarter trollkin learn the languages of their enemies. Monstrous Recovery: A trollkin's metabolism allows her to heal at an astonishing rate. Trollkin heal 1 hit point per hour in addition to natural healing, and recover 1 point of nonlethal damage per character level every 5 minutes. As further proof of her troll heritage, she can regrow a lost body part with 24 hours complete bed rest, and reattach or repair a damaged body part with 8 hours of sleep. A trollkin must consume three times as much food while regrowing a lost body part, or be fatigued the next day. Giant Blood: For all special abilities and effects, a trollkin is considered a giant. Trollkin can use giant weapons and magic items with racially specific giant powers as if they were giants. Trollkin As Characters Trollkin characters possess the following racial traits. Strength +2, Constitution +2, Charisma -2. Size Medium. A trollkin’s base land speed is 30 feet. Darkvision out to 60 feet. +2 natural armor bonus. Trollkin have 2 claw attacks that deal 1d4 damage. Special Qualities: Monstrous Recovery, Giant Blood. Automatic Languages: Common and Giant. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Elven, Goblin, Gnoll, and Orc. Favored Class: Ranger. Level adjustment +1. please, tell me what you think. too powerful for +1 LA? does it step on any other races toes? I should have a Racial Paragon class for it within a day or two.
Bahumut 10-25-07, 07:09 PM	here are the basics of the paragon class. level 1, they get to auto-stabilize whenever reduced to -1 or lower, and possibly get the feat i made for the race, Trollkin Rend. Trollkin Rend: If a trollkin hits with both claw attacks, they can rend, automatically dealing 2d4 + one and a half str bonus. level 2, either their Monstrous recovery gets better, or (if its not too overpowered) they get fast healing 1. level 3 they get +2 con. any thoughts? EDIT: heres the trollkin paragon class for alpha testing! WARNING: It may suck! The trollkin racial paragon BAB Fort Ref Will Abilities 1 +1 +2 +0 +0 Trollkin Rend, Improved Monstrous Recovery 2 +2 +2 +0 +0 Natural Armor Increase (+1), Greater Monstrous Recovery 3 +3 +3 +1 +1 Ability Boost (Con +2) HD: d10 The trollkin paragon's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Heal (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Listen (Wis), Profession (Wis), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis) and Swim (Str). Skills: 4 + Int modifier. Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Trollkin paragons are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, and with light armor, but not with shields. Trollkin Rend (Ex): At 1st level, a trollkin paragon receives Trollkin Rend as a bonus feat. Improved Monstrous Recovery (Ex): At 1st level, a trollkin paragon automatically stabilizes when reduced to -1 hit points or lower. They also gain DR 10/lethal (they ignore the first 10 points of nonlethal damage from each attack). Natural Armor Increase (Ex): At 2nd level, a trollkin paragon's natural armor bonus improves by 1. Greater Monstrous Recovery (Ex): At 2nd level, a trollkin paragon heals 1 hit point per class level per hour, in addition to normal healing. Their damage reduction improves to DR 20/lethal. Ability Boost (Ex): At 3rd level, a trollkin paragon's Constitution score increases by 2 points.
WizardoftheCoast 10-25-07, 07:29 PM	Pivateer Press has a Trollkin in their Iron Kingdoms setting. Maybe it can give you some ideas. I think they are a bit more humanoid than what you have, but they have: AA: +2Str +4Con -2Dex -2Cha Move:30ft Darkvision: 60ft Improved Healing: heal twice as fast as normal/regrows limbs very slowly-months Posion Resistance: +4 vs posion +2 vs diease damage reduction fron NON-lethal damage LA:+1 I think yours is around +1, but I'm not sure. Monstrous Recovery is whats making me unsure. Fast healing can get out of hand. Sorry I'm not more help. Wiz
Bahumut 10-25-07, 11:17 PM	thanks for pointing me to the ones from Iron Kingdoms, it's useful for balancing. about the monstrous healing, is it the 1hp/hour, or the regrowth rate of body parts that makes it powerful? my reasoning for the paragon class being powerful is the beginning of the paragon class section of Unearthed Arcana. it says that paragon classes for level adjusted races should be more powerful than those for non-LA. since racial bonuses become less useful in later levels, it helps a powerful race keeps its edge.
Bahumut 10-27-07, 03:04 AM	in a bit of a bind making the paragon class. im trying to figure out how powerful different levels of faster healing are. How powerful is, say: a)the 1hp/hour from Monstrous Recovery? b)3hp/hour? c)Fast Healing 1? a) (reserved for future question) b)would 1hp/20 minutes be more powerful than 3hp/hour? (assuming they didnt get the 3hp back until the full hour had passed) c) Also, at what character level would Fast Healing 1 be balanced?
Bahumut 10-27-07, 06:10 AM	added prototype Trollkin Paragon.
Bahumut 10-29-07, 02:49 AM	i hate to do this to my own post, but...:bump:
Tema69 11-05-07, 01:02 PM	This is really cool! Could I use it for my Iron Kingdoms-inspired setting? Fast healing is a pain in the a*s for GMs when PCs have it. I like your downscaled version.
Bahumut 11-06-07, 04:47 AM	This is really cool! Could I use it for my Iron Kingdoms-inspired setting? Fast healing is a pain in the a*s for GMs when PCs have it. I like your downscaled version. feel free! the only thing i ask is for you to post how it plays here in the thread, for i need feedback to polish it up. i cannot playtest it in either of my groups, since one is playing 3.5 dark sun, and the other one's DM isnt too receptive to the race. also, i changed how the nonlethal healing works, so make sure to re-read that section.
Tema69 11-06-07, 07:08 PM	Cool, I will then. It might take a while, but I got this thread on my favorites list, so I'll remember to get back to you. I'm planning on using them on a neutral merc group called boomhowlers, using studded leather armor, blunderbuss'es and battleaxes. Then, it's up to the PCs to fight them, befriend them, og leave 'em. It'll be interesting.
Bahumut 11-08-07, 07:47 AM	it might be worth making one of their second-in-commands a trollkin paragon, just to see how one plays out in combat. it would be a little tougher than a normal trollkin, but not as tough as one with class levels (the leader/captain/whatever). just a thought.
Tema69 11-08-07, 03:29 PM	Good idea. I'll let you know how it turns out.